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For the half-year to Lady-day, 1889.
A Poor Rate of 1s. 5d. in the £, estimated to realize nett £23,454
A Library Rate 1d. ,, ,, ,, 1,380
A Metropolitan
Consolidated Rate 5d. ,, „ ,, 6,925
A Lighting Rate 2d. ,, ,, ,, 2,770
A General Rate 8d. ,, ,, ,, 11,080
2s. 9d. £45,700
The rates made in April, for the half-year to
Michaelmas, were based upon a rateable value of
£360,861, and those made in October, for the halfyear
to Lady-day, upon a rateable value of £362,128.
The amounts required by the Guardians of the
Holborn Union were £25,179 in the first, and
£23,822 in the second half-year, total £49,001 (the
average for 14 years previous to the amalgamation
of Clerkenwell with the Holborn Union when
Clerkenwell managed its own poor under the Local
Act, being £28,093, the highest year being £34,534).
The Parish of Clerkenwell received from the
Common Poor Fund, £4,367 14s. 10d. and
£5,021 15s. 6d. in the first and second half-years
respectively.
The precept of the Metropolitan Board of Works
for the year 1888, was for the sum of £12,278 2s.
4d., and a supplemental precept for the three
months ending 31st March, 1889, was issued for
£3,765 18s. 8d., and that of the School Board for
the sum of £11,717 15s. 1d.
The Police precepts for the year amounted to
£7,412 18s. 2d.
It will thus be seen that of the £91,240 raised
during the year, the sum of £71,020 was required
by bodies beyond the control of the Vestry.
5,645 Summonses have been issued for the recovery
of the rates for the four quarters of the year,
representing an average of 1,411 per quarter, a